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Dell will stop using semiconductor chips made in China by 2024, because it fears that relations between the middle kingdom and the land of the fee might worsen.

According to Nikkei, the company told suppliers that it wants to “meaningfully lower” the quantity of other Chinese-made parts in its devices.

Dell has said: “To best meet our customers’ and partners’ needs and expectations, we have geographic diversity, flexibility and stability built into our global supply chain. China is an important market where we have team members and customers to serve. We continuously explore global supply chain diversification that makes sense for our customers and our business.” Read more…

While Dell Technologies’ infrastructure business was celebrating its revenue numbers, its efforts were not enough to see the grey box shifter’s overall revenue for its third fiscal quarter to fall.

For its third fiscal quarter 2023, which ended October 28, Dell reported total revenue of $24.72 billion, which was down six percent compared to the $26.43 billion reported for its third fiscal quarter 2022.

The biggest impact to Dell’s fiscal third quarter 2023 came from a significant 17 percent drop in revenue for the company’s Client Solutions Group — which includes hardware desktop PCs, notebooks, 2-in-1s and thin clients, software, including end-point security, and peripherals, such as monitors, printers and projector — to $13.78 billion.

This included a 13 percent drop in commercial revenue to $10.75 billion, and a 29 percent drop in consumer revenue to $3.03 billion. Read more…

It might have taken a while, but Dell has pulled completely out of Russia.

The global technology giant completed its promised withdrawal of resources from Russia last weekend, finishing a break that started in February with the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Dell spokesperson said that Dell had shut down its Russian offices in mid-August after deciding to not to service or support products in Russia, Belarus and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and the already embargoed Crimea. Read more…

Dell saw growth in its Infrastructure and Client Solutions Groups as it announced a first quarter record in its latest trading update.

The computer behemoth has revealed its financial results for the first three months of its fiscal 2023 year, with revenue up 16 percent from the previous year to $26.1 billion.

The company also generated a record first quarter operating income of $1.6bn, a 57 per cent increase on the year before, and a non-GAAP operating income of $2.1 billion, up 21 percent.

“We followed a record FY22 with a record first quarter FY23”, said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and co-chief operating officer of Dell Technologies. Read more…

Dell Technologies is setting its sights on telco and edge computing and is chucking money in that direction.

Speaking to the gathered throngs at the Global Channel Summit at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas Dell SVP global alliances, Denise Millard said that if you looked at the cash the company is distributing it is in telco, and edge areas. Dell also wants to “capitalise on the shift to 5G”.

Dell wanted to highlight a  $1.3 trillion market opportunity around edge computing. Millard referenced a recent IDC study that estimated that by 2024, more than 90 percent of operational processes will be deployed at the edge. Today the figure is 20 percent. Read more…

Dell is bringing its ‘modernised’ IT disposal services to the UK.

The vendor launched its Asset Recovery Services to the UK, which it claims will provide a “modern, simplified and standardised offer to help customers scale their recycling efforts”.  There is an online portal to help retire and recycle any laptop, desktop, server or accessory regardless of brand.

Dell says the self-service portal simplifies asset disposition “even more” and provides businesses with real-time value estimates, comprehensive resources and streamlined takeback of devices. Asset Recovery Services is available through Dell Technologies and its channel partners. Read more…

Dell Technologies has a new vice president of channel strategy and VMware channel sales.

The Grey Tin box shifter has promoted Lukas Bedi, who says he has a cunning plan to  “strengthen” partner relationships and ensure the channel has the “tools” it needs.

He will be responsible for setting Dell’s overall channel strategy, designing Dell Technologies Partner Programme incentives, competencies and requirements, as well as accelerating Dell’s solid VMware channel business. Bedi’s focus in his new role will be on the operational and strategic momentum of Dell partners. Read more…

Dell has unveiled its 2022 partner programme which features a new incentive structure, additional storage rebates and a “simplified” tech refresh process.

The new structure is based on a single structure with regional rebate variations with one set of requirements that combine revenue and training for partners.

Dell claims the restructure enables partners to focus on positioning the best solution for their customers while earning consistent, lucrative incentives, regardless of route to market.

Dell’s global channel chief Rola Dagher wrote in his bog that Dell was anticipating a data-centric culture, a multi-cloud world, a more distributed environment and a resounding corporate impact on the communities. Read more…